MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 15:19
Run Duration	447 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 742 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 92% 113 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.4 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,319 Write 627 Mixed 888 208% 944 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 47.4 212% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 175 122% 145 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 41GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9787 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2422 (B1) Unknown 97 97 101 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 396 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9103031917	96.4% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 373 Mixed 408 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 23.3 130% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 69 126% 250 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%
Marvell Raid VD 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 23GB free Firmware: MV.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	40.7% Average	Read 328 Write 188 Mixed 203 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 8.5 53% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 12.2 11% 16.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 246GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 198 4716 (03) Spinup time 234 233 3258 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4467 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3682 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3570 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 51 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 195 195 420	72.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 121 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.69 174% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%
USB 2.0 OCZ DIESEL 4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 2.95 Mixed 4.69 8% 8.11 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 23% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GB 1,118 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 117%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	32x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x
BX200 480GBCrucial $160Bench 78%, 11,290 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16